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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Qatar on Monday on his first official trip to an Arab country since Turkey’s forces intervened in northeast Syria last month against Kurdish fighters. Ankara and Doha have grown closer since Saudi Arabia, the United …

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed a short-term spending bill on Thursday that will avoid another government shutdown, at least for now. The measure will fund the government at current levels through Dec. 20, buying lawmakers a few more weeks to agree …

Athens (AFP) - Greece announced a plan Wednesday to massively overhaul its overcrowded migrant camps on islands facing Turkey and make borders "air-tight" against a feared new surge of asylum-seekers. "Decongesting the islands is a priority at this stage," t…

The Defense Intelligence Agency says ISIS is resurgent inside Syria and has a greater ability to mount terrorist attacks against the West as a result of President Donald Trump’s decision to hastily withdraw American troops from the war-torn country last month…

Russia said on Tuesday it was bewildered by a Turkish pledge to conduct a new military operation in northern Syria if the area was not cleared of people Ankara calls "terrorists", warning any such move would damage efforts to stabilise the region. Turkish Fo…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is aware that the U.S. support for the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia will not end immediately, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, but added that Ankara’s battle against the militia it considers a terrorist group will continue. …

Turkey is aware that US support for the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia will not end immediately, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. He added that Ankara’s battle against the militia it considers a terrorist group will continue. Speaking to members o…

Image copyrightDeborah BloomImage caption Nejeer Zebari holds a Kurdish flag at a demonstration in Washington The visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House this week reignited the controversy over his country's actions against Syri…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey bought S-400 missile defense systems from Russia to use them, not put them aside, the head of the Turkish Defense Industry Directorate said on Saturday, days after talks between President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trum…

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will not step back from its purchase of Russian S-400 missile defense systems, a senior aide to President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, two days after talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. Erdogan and Trump held talks in Washing…